Important News

Dec 1-6 is the final collection for the Trailblazers, FFA Canned Food Drive! Be sure to deliver all of your items to the collection area in the front lobby, by Wednesday afternoon. And remember to attend the Great Lisbon Farmers Feed the Hungry Christmas Parade on December 8th, beginning at 12 o’clock, where all of our donations will be delivered!

Support Howard County Agriculture Education and FFA. Order your holiday arrangement made by our Agriculture Academy students. $15 each - Now through December 19, 2018 Pick up on Wednesday or Friday of each week beginning Wednesday, December 5, 2018 until 3pm Room B60 at ARL Place your order by emailing Kathy Wojcik at Kathleen_Wojcik@hcpss.org

Take a peek at what has been happening in Graphic Design for our October 2018 Academy Spotlight! https://youtu.be/LsrTlYjMOH8 The Emergency Medical Technician Pathway within the Academy of Alllied Health is our September Academy Spotlight! https://youtu.be/s4NEJHmQC5k

The below changes will take effect starting on Monday, September 24: 1] Morning announcements at the high schools will move from the end of period 3 to the start of period 3 (9:15-9:20am). 2] The ARL morning classes will begin and end 3 minutes earlier (7:45am-8:54am). This will allow for buses to leave the ARL earlier to return to home…

All middle and high school students interested in sharing the student voice on HCPSS policy and community issues, getting involved in community service and gaining leadership skills while working with student leaders from across HCPSS are invited to attend the monthly meetings of the Howard County Association of Student Councils (HCASC). Meetings are held throughout the year on the second…

Congratulations to our Class of 2018 graduates! Here are some pics of the fun you had at the photo booth, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IXkb07efNczDpiDPXm9xDe7RDCIZ2oJg?usp=sharing

Allison Fleming has always loved computers. The senior at Howard County's Applications and Research Laboratory has taken full advantage of her classes in Cybersecurity Essentials as Career and Technology Education Empowers the Workforce of the Future. Watch Here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhCiViFotPQ

Congratulations to Surmayee Jain who won the Dale Carnegie Leadership Essay Contest at the Applications & Research Laboratory (ARL). Surmayee received a scholarship to The Dale Carnegie Young Adult Leadership Program (YALP) which will be held in Western Howard County this summer. She had the best essay describing what leadership means, where she has seen it demonstrated and the essential…

Below is the link that Balfour sent for CTE students to order their CTE completer cord for Graduation. CTE cord colors are “Turquoise & White.” (Early College cord colors are “Burgundy & Gold") Cord cost is $8.50 and must be ordered on-line. Click on "honor cords" to be directed to the appropriate selection page. www.balfourmd.com

On February 3, 2018 the Biotechnology Career Academy Biotech II G/T students competed in the Howard County Brain Bee at Howard Community College. The Brain Bee is a Neurobiology knowledge bowl that tests the students' understanding of topics related to neural anatomy, biochemistry, and medicine. All students performed exceptionally well. Eric Stanford took 2nd place and Tori Krzyzanowski took 3rd…